Newsletter: September 1

FOOD STUFF
••• First look at the menu for Bar Le Côte, the Bell’s spinoff opening soon in Los Olivos.
••• Revolver is making cheesesteaks for a limited time (photo by Carl Perry).
••• Opening forecast for the Cabrillo Pavilion restaurant.
••• Update on the Kitchen incubator/restaurant coming to State Street.
••• Handlebar’s secret project.
••• Mor Doughnuts is rebranding.
••• Wine Therapy moved to its new space.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s closings: Four acres, mountain views, and an outdoor amphitheater for $28 million; off-market flip of novelist Sue Grafton’s Picacho Lane house; French Regency awash in pink on Eucalyptus Hill; the Mission Canyon midcentury with a stone bathroom; a sexy one-bedroom in San Marcos Pass; and many more. See what sold—and for how much.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Front-country trails included in statewide forest closure.
••• Cruise ship moratorium extended till March.
••• 33 “pallet houses” downtown to temporarily house the homeless.
••• Cannabis farmers agree to odor-control measures.
••• Two of the zoo’s giraffes are pregnant.
••• Another section of Montecito sidewalks were completed.
••• New thrift store.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Increased speed-limit enforcement in Highway 101 construction zones.
••• Another hint that the Biltmore and Coral Casino could be splitting up.
••• Antiques store opening in Montecito (above).
••• Rare white abalone spotted off Santa Cruz Island.
••• Reading by writer T.C. Boyle.
••• More on the inflatable elephant art project.
••• Santa Barbara Airport parking signage.
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